"Drop bombs like you trained!"

After dropping the first torpedo and climbing towards high altitude, Zhu Binhou issued this order to the subordinates of the first attack team through the radio. What else did he need to explain here and there? The attack aircraft that rushed into the enemy's formation were like

Like a wolf that pounces on a flock of sheep, it targets the four largest guys in the fleet.\\.qb5.c0m//

In addition to the flagship "Kongo" that receives special attention, the second is "Kongo"'s sister ship "Hiei". Among the entire First Fleet, "Hiei" is undoubtedly the most cutting-edge warship.

, to some extent, it is more advanced and larger than the "King Kong".

This sister ship of the same class as the "King Kong" was only put into active service in the Navy two months ago. In fact, this is its first mission. Originally, this mission did not require the participation of the "Hiei"

Among them, in order to prove to the people that the Navy fully supports the Navy, and also to reverse the Navy's plummeting status in the hearts of the people, the Navy sent all its assets, including the "Hiei" which had just been in service for less than two months.

"Left full rudder..."

In the bridge of the "Hiei", almost as soon as the "Kongo" was attacked, the captain, Captain Takagi Nanitaro, yelled this password. In fact, it was this password that was used at this moment.

Saved the "Hiei".

The moment the "Hiei" completed its turn, a torpedo flew away almost close to the bow side of the ship. If it had been even one second later, just this torpedo would have been enough to hit the "Hiei"

"Sent to the bottom of the icy Yellow Sea.

At this time, on the bridge of the "Hiei" that had narrowly escaped disaster, through the observation window without glass, Colonel Takagi Shitaro watched the incoming aircraft from a distance, and felt his fingers trembling involuntarily.

Although, as a naval officer, he was full of excitement about aviation, he always believed that one day, aircraft would definitely change the face of naval warfare, but he never thought that this day would come so early.

The Chinese army actually developed an aircraft that can carry torpedoes!

Before he could express his surprise, in his sight, he saw a huge mass of seawater suddenly exploded from the middle of the port side of the flagship "King Kong", and the middle of the ship was hit.

Although the "King Kong" battleship with eight 356 mm naval guns is the most powerful battleship of the Japanese Navy, the "King Kong" is not a battleship, but a battlecruiser. It has the same firepower as a battleship, but in order to obtain the cruiser's

High speed, but its armor is far inferior to that of a battleship. The "King Kong" class can be said to be an improved version of the British "Lion" class battlecruiser. The British "Lion" class battlecruiser has a main gun caliber of 13.5 inches (343mm), while

The 14-inch (356mm) main gun of the Kongo was the largest caliber naval gun equipped on a battlecruiser in the world at that time. This new type of naval gun was secretly developed for Japan by the British Vickers Company at the request of the Japanese.

Generally speaking, the "King Kong" is an improved version of the British "Lion" class battlecruiser, so it has a typical British style. However, due to its excellent design, it in turn influenced the construction of subsequent British battlecruisers.

But even so, the excellently designed "King Kong" still has various shortcomings, and the lack of underwater defense capabilities is a common shortcoming of almost all battlecruisers. However, when designing the "King Kong", the relatively safe bottom of the ship was optimized.

, through the extensive use of high-tensile steel plates, the weight of the protection is greatly reduced, and the armor is also thinned.

Perhaps in long-distance artillery battles, it is difficult for the enemy to threaten its thin underwater armor, but for torpedoes, the thin armor has become a fatal weakness. After the "King Kong" was hit by the first torpedo

, while its speed dropped sharply, the second torpedo had already come across the waves and accurately hit its amidships.

At the same time as there was a violent explosion, a war mine head loaded with 120 kilograms of high explosives tore a hole with a maximum diameter of more than three meters seven meters below the water amidships of the "King Kong", and thousands of tons of seawater were poured out.

poured into the engine room.

"Water entered the port side engine room..."

After the second torpedo hit the "King Kong", the chaotic bridge was full of panic shouts, and the cabins were full of sailors hurriedly escaping.

"The third and fourth cabins on the starboard side are filled with water and leveled!"

Although he knew that bad luck might be inevitable, Yamanaka Shibayoshi still calmly issued orders. As a captain, he still commanded the battle with due diligence, if this was considered a battle.

Two months ago, when the "Kongo" and the "Hiei" were put into service one after another and included in the third battle group, relying on the two ships' powerful 14-inch naval guns and a high speed of 27.5 knots, the third

The Third Fleet suddenly became the most powerful cruiser fleet in the world, but at this time, the powerful 14-inch fleet became a decoration.

Faced with an attack from the air, the "King Kong" completely became a target. Even the shells fired by a few pitiful small-caliber rapid-fire guns originally used for anti-torpedo boats were just a harassment and could not stop the enemy at all.

effect.

On the battleship "King Kong", several sailors watched helplessly as the Chinese planes attacked. If angry eyes could shoot down enemy planes, perhaps their anger could protect their battleship.

"Captain Cao, we still have rifles!"

Suddenly a sailor shouted loudly.

"Yes, there is also a rifle. Quick, go get the rifle..."

When Captain Cao responded, another torpedo approached the King Kong. If those Japanese sailors were in the sky at this time, it would definitely happen. The torpedo that hit the stern of the ship was exactly at the stern.

Below the turret, and under the waterline is the ammunition depot.

"God damn the China Army!"

In the ammunition depot, the bomb supplyers who were supposed to raise the bombs in the battle could only sit in the ammunition depot and vent their dissatisfaction with words. Originally, they were ready to rain down the shells on Lianyungang, but they did not.

Thinking that the fleet had been intercepted far away from Lianyungang, and the current situation seemed... At this moment, the bulwark suddenly dented inward, and at the same time there was the sound of metal twisting, and before they could react, the sea water followed.

Torn steel plates poured into the ammunition depot, and in the impact of the explosion, the shells on the ammunition racks were squeezed onto the deck.

The artillery charge of the Japanese Navy is Shimose explosive, which showed its prowess in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. Shimose explosive is based on picric acid, and picric acid is an acid that corrodes metals and metals.

After the reaction occurs, unstable metal salts will be produced, which may cause explosions with slight heating or friction.

However, the ammunition depot of the "King Kong" mostly contained artillery shells produced by the British Armstrong Company three years ago. When the artillery shells on the ammunition rack continued to fall, the picrate in one shell was damaged due to the loading quality.

The powder rock shook, and at the moment the shell exploded, the entire ammunition depot was detonated!

The violent explosion instantly blew up a cloud of smoke that was hundreds of meters high. The turret was also thrown into the sky tens of meters, and then fell hard on the sea. The impact of the explosion was more from the gap created by the torpedo.

In the sea, hundreds of meters of water rushed out along the side of the ship.

After the explosion of the ammunition depot at the stern of the ship, the hull of the "King Kong" shook suddenly, and then the stern began to sink toward the sea. When it was sinking rapidly, even the sailors on the ship did not have time to escape from the warship!

The sinking of the "King Kong" shocked everyone. The army soldiers standing on the troop carrier blinked several times. They couldn't believe what they saw. They never thought that the powerful "

"King Kong", the "King Kong" with eight 356mm cannons will sink into the sea in less than two minutes of attack.

"Quick! Inform all captains and evacuate immediately!"

At the moment when a big explosion occurred at the stern of the "King Kong", Colonel Takagi Nanitaro shouted this order completely crazy.

"Turn left and sail at full speed..."

"Your Excellency, the radio is interfered with and cannot send a telegram..."

"Send a semaphore..."

Looking at the enemy planes carrying torpedoes in the sky, there was only one thought left in Takagi Shitaro's mind: retreat! Retreat immediately! We must not let the Chinese sink another warship. At this time, he even forgot his mission

——Aboard thirty-six levy merchant ships of the 12th Division.

"Sir, the merchant ship cannot follow us...".

"There is no time to care about them now! Japan can live without an army, but it cannot live without a navy..."

Takagi Nanitaro shouted loudly, Japan is an island country and cannot live without a navy. If Japan loses its navy, its destruction will not be far away!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the "King Kong" has sunk!"

"What!"

Vice Admiral Shibagoro in the owner's room of the "Tanzamaru" had a look of suspicion on his face when he heard the news. He just wanted to go to the bridge with Chief of Staff Usaburo Kinoshita to have a look, but they didn't wait.

He walked out, and the "King Kong" was sunk.

When he looked towards the Chief of Staff, he also saw a look of disbelief on Kinoshita Usaburo's face. The Chinese Army didn't even have a decent navy. How could they sink the "King Kong"? But when he walked onto the bridge,

But when I saw Captain Uda and the crew on the bridge, they were all filled with grief.

"Sir, the King Kong has been sunk!"

The huge battleship was actually sunk by a toy-like aircraft. This made Uda, a captain with an old navy background, unable to believe it. He should believe that the "King Kong" had hit the rocks, but... is it possible?

"Captain, look, the navy...the navy's warship...has escaped..."

A horrified cry came from the voice of the first mate of "Tanzamaru".

"impossible!"

While shouting, Uda picked up the telescope and shot a semaphore towards the cruiser "Kasagi".

"Evacuate yourselves, please take care!"

"Eight! A bunch of cowards who are afraid of death..."

Looking at the nine warships escaping to the two wings, Shibagoro cursed bitterly, but at this time, the roar in the air and the explosions around him completely suppressed his curses.

"They want to escape!"

Chai Jingzhi, who was piloting a Type 1 combat attack, looked at the "Hiei" trying to escape from the war zone, and immediately pounced on it with his plane. Because the plane he was flying did not carry torpedoes, he had been waiting at an altitude of 4,000 meters.

,

While rushing towards the "Hiei", after keeping the aircraft at an altitude of 2,500 meters, he placed his right eye on the soft rubber pad of the bomb sight, and at the same time adjusted one side of the sight from time to time.

A ground copper wheel is used to adjust the sight so that the "cross" sight line is pressed onto the "Hiei".

It is not an easy task for a single person to fly an aircraft and carry out ship bombing at the same time. In fact, the current air force has been groping for the use of aircraft. In fact, before it has been tested in actual combat, they

It's hard to tell what kind of aircraft you really need.

When the aircraft is on the bombing route, it must maintain a certain heading and level. A person must not only fly the aircraft but also aim. For this reason, he will lock the aircraft joystick after completing the initial aiming. In the past,

During the test flight, although this problem was discovered, due to time constraints, there was no time to change the aircraft into a two-seater. Therefore, the pilots used their own wisdom to solve the problem. With the help of the technicians, they developed a

The mechanism of the joystick can be locked to ensure that the aircraft maintains its heading after entering the bombing route.
To be continued...